cAPADONA

Personnel

Jeffrey R. Capadona, Ph.D. Principal InvestigatorAssociate Professor of Biomedical EngineeringEducationPostdoctoral Fellow: L. Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve UniversityPh.D. Chemistry and Biochemistry: Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S. Chemistry: Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, INBio: Dr. Capadona joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in August 2010. His research interest can be found throughout this website. His personal interests include spending time with family, salt water reef aquariums, and baseball.

Bio: Evon joined Dr. Capadona’s lab as a postdoc in May 2014 in order to pursue her research interests of improving the long-term stability and reliability of neural electrodes.Evon works as a Biomedical Engineer at the VA Medical Center.She plans to continue a career studying diseases, injuries, and disorders of the nervous systems in order to find therapeutic and medical device treatments to aid in the wellbeing and longevity of patients’ lives.Her personal interests include visiting Michigan, spending time with family and friends, shopping and yoga.

Email: ese24@case.edu

Andrew Shoffstall, PhD

EducationPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve UniversityB.S. Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Minor in BME)Joined September 2015ProjectUnderstanding the Role of Device Stiffness/Compliance in the Neuroinflammatory Response

Bio: Andrew’s interests are at the union of biomaterials and neural engineering. During his PhD, he researched synthetic platelets to halt bleeding after trauma, with a particular interest in their application after spinal cord injury to reduce the secondary inflammatory cascade which may account for as much as one-third of the total injury. He joined the Capadona lab after spending two years as a healthcare strategy consultant in Boston and seeks to apply his experience to the translational research of neural interfacing materials. In his spare time, he enjoys “tinkering” with home repairs, home-brewing as well as spending time with his wife and growing family of two children, two dogs, and a cat.

Email:ajs215@case.edu

John Hermann Doctoral Student in Biomedical EngineeringEducationB.S.E. Bioengineering, University of PittsburghJoinedJune 2012ProjectsToll-like Receptors and the Foreign Body Response to Cortical Implants

Bio: Griffin's research interests include using principles from cell biology and chemistry to improve the functionality and durability of neural interfaces. His current project focuses on the use of anti-oxidative, biomimetic coatings on intracortical microelectrodes. The coatings are designed to mitigate the oxidative damage caused by the inflammatory response to both the implant and the surrounding tissue. This research could potentially lead to the use of these coatings in a variety of CNS devices including DBS electrodes and shunts. Griffin’s personal interests include spending time with his wife, traveling, and Cleveland sports.

Email: gxr116@case.edu

Monika Goss Biomedical Engineer Education

B.S., M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Joined

September 2015

Bio

Monika serves as the lab manager/technician in the Capadona Lab. Her work focuses on determining possible functional impairments caused by neural electrode implantation in the brain, and reduction of the impairments using anti-oxidative treatments. Her personal interests include running, cooking, and visiting new places.